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Ask HN: Is using AI tooling for a PhD literature review dishonest?

10 points by latand6 1 month ago | 29 comments

16802.

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2026)

10 points by jon_north 3 months ago | 29 comments

16803.

Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

10 points by chistev 1 month ago | 29 comments

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Show HN: Krowdovi – Video-based indoor navigation on a DePIN creator economy (github.com)

10 points by 24hrmvp 3 months ago | 27 comments

16805.

The 12" chef knife, a humble plea (kellykozakandjoshdonald.substack.com)

10 points by surprisetalk 1 month ago | 24 comments

16806.

Ask HN: How do you realistically prepare for retirement while working in tech?

10 points by danver0 3 months ago | 22 comments

16807.

Ask HN: How do you deal with obvious AI assistant usage in interviews

10 points by stackdestroyer 1 month ago | 20 comments

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Show HN: Lean4 proof that SSOT requires definition-time hooks and introspection (zenodo.org)

10 points by trissim 3 months ago | 20 comments

16809.

Ask HN: When do you expect ChatGPT moment in robotics?

10 points by p1esk 1 month ago | 20 comments

16810.

Ask HN: What signals do you look for when hiring?

10 points by kathir05 1 month ago | 19 comments

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Ask HN: What Are You Working On?

10 points by subdomain 3 weeks ago | 19 comments

16812.

America Downs Cheap Drones with Million-Dollar Missiles. A Fix Is in the Works (wsj.com)

10 points by JumpCrisscross 4 weeks ago | 17 comments

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US FDA Expected to Lift Restrictions on Dozen Peptides Previously Banned (nytimes.com)

10 points by ck2 3 weeks ago | 15 comments

16814.

Ask HN: How do you automate your release notes?

10 points by dustfinger 3 months ago | 15 comments

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Ask HN: Which router makers do you trust most?

10 points by general_reveal 1 month ago | 14 comments

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Ask HN: Have you cancelled any software subscriptions because AI replaced them?

10 points by maxim_bg 1 month ago | 14 comments

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Live agent face-off in CivBench: Claude Opus 4.6 vs. GPT-5.2 (clashai.live)

10 points by mbh159 2 months ago | 14 comments

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Httpx closing down issues and discussions due to "skewed gender representation" (github.com)

10 points by ZeroAurora 1 month ago | 14 comments

16819.

Ask HN: Has anyone achieved recursive self-improvement with agentic tools?

10 points by nycdatasci 2 months ago | 13 comments

16820.

Ask HN: What Comes After Markdown?

10 points by YuukiJyoudai 2 months ago | 13 comments

16821.

Trapped in MS Office (ia.net)

10 points by FinnLobsien 1 month ago | 13 comments

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M5 Max MacBook Pro Review: Preeminent Power in the Same Old Shell (gizmodo.com)

10 points by behnamoh 1 month ago | 13 comments

16823.

Ask HN: Best practice securing secrets on local machines working with agents?

10 points by xinbenlv 3 months ago | 12 comments

16824.

Trump will begin blockade of Strait of Hormuz within hours (dailymail.co.uk)

10 points by Bender 2 weeks ago | 12 comments

16825.

Show HN: RustFS – Migrate from MinIO via simple binary replacement (rustfs.dev)

10 points by elvinagy 1 month ago | 11 comments

16826.

Musk has a plan to make human labor obsolete. Billionaires are joining in. (washingtonpost.com)

10 points by bookofjoe 1 month ago | 11 comments

16827.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants you to stop calling AI "slop" in 2026 (windowscentral.com)